make

cmake make install

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Verbosity

Problem

make install is very verbose with cmake.
Unfortunately, there is no way to configure the output.

Solutions

Set CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE to LAZY or NEVER:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE.html
However CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE LAZY may still not suppress some "Up-to-date" messages generated, depending on the exact command used to install the files.

Other workarounds include:
suppressing all the output:

make install > /dev/null

redirect output to file:

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